1. Plastic hand soap dispensers
Buy a reusable hand soap dispenser and purchase refills in bulk. This will not only save you money but will also add class to your bathroom.(Actually, nothing short of a blockbuster will add class to my bathroom - it's a renovator's nightmare.)
2. Takeaway coffee cups
Buy a reusable cup and take it to your fav coffee joint each time you visit – some of them even say ‘This is a reusable cup’ so you can declare your environmental commitment to the world (and so you don’t forget and throw it away by mistake).
3. Plastic shopping bags
Use reusable totes to carry your groceries. You’ll look more stylish (unless you buy those luminescent green ones, in which case, you won't) and your dog food cans are less likely to explode through the bottom of the bag and roll all over the driveway. Note: your totes are no good sitting in the boot of your car. I am a shocker for this one but I am on a mission to improve.
4. Plastic utensils
If you’re going on a picnic, take reusable cutlery. Let's face it, your quiche and strawbs will taste better from silver (or even stainless steel) than plastic.
5. Old lamps, pictures, toys, furniture and knick knacks
If you can’t eBay or garage sale them, put them in the Salvos bin. Your trash could be someone else’s treasure. (And remember this rule of thumb: the uglier the ornament, the more you can charge for it.)
6. Food scraps
Get yourself a worm farm and feed it all of your food scraps. A kilo of worms can eat and recycle a kilo of food every day. You can use the worm castings to feed your plants and vegies. Alternatively, feed your food scraps to your dog.
7. Packing supplies
Save your styrofoam peanuts and bubble wrap to reuse. Maybe use them to send the stuff you sell on eBay.
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